Just a Taste: Baitong

Updated 8:21 pm, Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Thai meat salad at Baitong comes with red onioin, cucumbers, lettuce, green onion and a choice of meat.

The Thai meat salad at Baitong comes with red onioin, cucumbers, lettuce, green onion and a choice of meat.

Photo: Jennifer McInnis, San Antonio Express-News

Just a Taste: Baitong

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Where: 6934 W. Military Drive (near U.S. 90); 210-354-7677

On the menu: Appetizers, $2.49-$3.79, main dishes, $7.29-$9.45.

Fast facts: Only a few blocks off U.S. 90, not far from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, this Thai place has been open only a few weeks. A two-page menu lists house offerings, with the spicy items noted with a red Thai chile logo.

Impressions: With friendly and sincere service, this is the type of place that makes customers want to root for its success. Dishes such as the spicy and herbaceous green curry help. Other dishes could use some work. For example, the Thai meat salad featured a bright, citrusy fish-sauce dressing, but came with green leaf lettuce and Western greens instead of the fresh herbs, cucumbers, red onion pieces and the like. An order of stir-fried glass noodles had a good flavor, but arrived lukewarm to the table. We'll chalk these lapses to a small place getting its footing. There are many signs of promise, and here's hoping this place develops in the coming weeks and months ahead.

Correction: Baitong restaurant, 6934 W. Military Drive, uses green leaf lettuce and cucumbers among the ingredients in its Thai meat salad. A Just a Taste item on Oct. 5 and on mySA.com reported an incorrect form of Western lettuce in the item.